Improvement in apparatus for marking cloth



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ALPHONSE THOMAS, 0F HOBOKEN,". J.

Letters Patent No. 109,687, dated November 29, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR MARKING (ROTH.`

I The Schedule referred to in than Letters Paesntand mann; of the um,

Y paratus constructed according to my invent-ion.

. Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Areprcscnts a horizontal platform; it is secured between vertical sides B B, which constitute a box with the bottom D and rear side U.

To the rear side C is hinged a lid, F, which, when elevated, rests upon a back or shoulder-strip, G, scoured upon the side G. The platform A has a ap or clamp, E, hinged on its rear part, and provided with downward-pro4 jectiug points b b, which enter the said platform a little distance.

The face of the lplatform A, has also pinsA a a a a,

which project upward, and vare located toward the corners of it, so that the cloth to be marked can be hooked and stretched over them.

Irepresents the pattern from which the cloth is marked; the same is made of paper, and thepatterndrawing is made thereon with small perfor-ations like stamping paper, through which the coloring or mark.

in two parts, as clearly seen, to stitlen and hold its edge stretched out straight.

'lhe designs or patterns of a complete suit of a garment of every piece of the same are represented on this pattern-sheet, and are arranged close to each other, and that they cover nearly a rectangular ,space across the material or cloth for which the snit is in-' tended, so that the cloth may at once, without vvaste, he cut into right-angular strips of the dimension to cover the designs upongthe pattern-sheet.

M reor less of parts may be represented on one pattern-sheet, according to the kind of garment manufactured, and the whole parts of a suit may be onl several pattermsheets.; but the designs .are closely arranged, and cover a space across the cloth, to permit, without any considerablelwoste, to cut it in strips.

`Instead of having patterns for the outlines of the part-s oi the garment, aud again others for the markintr` of button-holes or forplaciug trimmings, I provide each design or pattern of each part of the enit 'at once with all required -vmarks of button-holes, trimmings, &c., to inish the garment completely.

Instead of using dry substance for marking, 1 use a moist or liquid matter,`wl1iel1 I apply with a sponge, L, of vfelt, and which substance is of the quality to adhere to the cloth or material iu a. very permanent manner; without the use of passing va smoothing-.ironl over it, as usually required in French stamping, and without any labor additional to make the said matter adhere in a permanent manner.-

In order to hold up out of the way the patternsheet I, while the cloth upon the table A is changed, plaecdor removed, I provide on the lid F hooks or projecting-screws 11 H, upon which the strip J can b'e rested, as clearly shown in the drawgrind, for the purpose of permitting the lid F to close without `the hooks H H to interfere with the table A, I have in said table openings K K.

tern-sheet I is rested with its strip J upon the hooks 1I H, and one or more pieces of cloth, as many as can readily be cut together aft-cr being marked, arc

placed overthe points a a aa in a manner to lie nicely tlat, and stretched upon the table' A, and of course to lie in proper position to meet the pattern-sheet.

The pattern-sheet is now turned down upon the `cloth placed, and the sponge of felt is now applied upon-the pattern-sheet, thereby producing the marking of the cloth, the pattern-sheet is hereafter raised and located again, as before, upon the hooks II H1 and the cloth of which the upper' or top piece is marked is now cnt while yet held in the pins a n.

, a a; when the cloth 'is thick, one or more awis may mme-1 What I claim ns my inveutian, :md desire t0 secure by Letters Patent, is-

Tlle platform A, the lid F with tlm in As ll Il :md the clump E, nud pins a a aa, in co'. nbiuntinn with t-he pattern-sheet l, substantially ns and for the.

purpose herein stated.

` ALPHONSE THOMAS.

Wltnesses:

MATTHEW DALY, K. BOEKLEN. 

